If everything remains on target, the state-of-the-art Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Cancer Treatment Centre now under construction at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) is set to receive its first patient in four months.

The National Health Fund (NHF) is reporting subsidy payments of just over $3.8 billion to NHF cardholders for claims made in 2015, a six per cent increase over the $3.59 billion that was paid out in 2014.

KINGSTON, Jamaica January 5, 2015 - As the National Health Fund (NHF) continues pursue its mandate of critical support to the island’s health sector, the organization has over the past year enrolled approximately 38,000 new beneficiaries. This included just over 27,500 persons for the NHF Card and nearly 10,500 persons for the Jamaica Drug for the Elderly Programme, JADEP. During the year, 217,000 NHF Card beneficiaries received $3.6 billion in subsidies to fill just over 3.7 million prescription items.